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Category: Games

Bertram Fiddle is a Victorian comedy murder mystery that plays as a very traditional adventure/point and click game. When the game starts you find Bertram down on his luck and working at a soap factory as his adventuring has been lacklustre since the end of the first game. The […]

In recent months, I have spent considerable time pondering what I look for in a game. I have settled upon one key question: ‘What does this game offer that others do not?’ If something of note can be provided in response, then it is my belief that a […]

I now own Abzu on all 3 current gen consoles, I predominantly wanted it on the Switch for the handheld element. It’s one of those games that’s nice and chilled to play without having to worry about any set goals, which is always handy. It’s definitely influenced by […]

Akihabara: Feel the Rhythm Remixed is a music rhythm puzzle game for Nintendo Switch. It is also available on Steam, Apple and Android mobile platforms just minus the Remixed part of the title. Coming from developer JMJ Interactive it attempts to bring back memories of Tetris, Columns as well […]

Take a bow Aquiris Game Studio, TAKE A BOW! It is not often I start a review sharing my innermost thoughts on a game, however Horizon Chase Turbo is a fast-paced, frantic and well-polished arcade racer and I think my review should be the same… Styled on classic […]

Do you like shoot em ups? Me too. I’d like to think I’m pretty good at them but that was until I played this game. One word review? BRUTAL! Originally released in 1987 and 1989 respectively by Irem, Tozai has packaged both side-scrolling shoot ’em up games in […]

Platform puzzlers go back a long way in the gaming world. For me, the first game I played in this genre was Chip’s Challenge on Windows 95 (Chips Challenge 2 is currently on Steam by the way, finally released after many many years of copyright limbo), for some […]

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always loved wrestling. My introduction to wrestling video games came back in 1991, when my parents – sick of seeing me piledrive the family cat – decided to pick me up a copy of WrestleMania for the Amstrad CPC 464. Fast forward […]

Steamburg is an award-winning puzzle adventure game set in a dark and gritty world with a steampunk theme running through it. Shortly after the game was announced Steamburg was awarded the Best Upcoming Game at the International Moblie Gaming Awards in March 2017. It released at the end of […]

With what has to be one of the greatest compliments I can offer to the recent Nintendo Switch release by TinyBuild, Party Hard has evidently taken inspiration from the Hitman and Hotline Miami games series’. Apparent from the outset, Party Hard shares a number of similarities with these […]

A fun lane changing adventure. I discovered the previous Swords and Soldiers game on the PlayStation 3 when it was free with the PlayStation Plus subscription back in January 2012. I ended up spending a lot of time playing the first game so was really looking forward to […]

It is the 21st of November. Has it really been 10 years? I can remember my anticipation for this game for a number of reasons. A Valve release, another first person shooter to give me a break from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and more importantly, an opportunity […]

Do you remember 30 years ago throwing money into an arcade cabinet following the message “game over insert coin to continue”? If the answer is yes then this makes review a damn sight easier. 99Vidas is a throwback to those classic coin gobbling arcade scrolling beat em ups […]